Carpet or oil-cloth protector



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` P. J. SHR-UM 8v J. T. HOWARTH.

CARPET 0R OIL GLOTH PROTECTOR.

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PETER J. SHRUM AND JOHN T. HOVVARTH, OF BEAVER FALLS, PENNSYLVANIA.

CARPET OR OIL-CLOTH PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 471,763, dated March 29, 1892. Application filed July 28, l89l.` Serial No. 400,945. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, PETER J. SHRUM and JOHN T. HOWARTH, citizens of the United States, residing at Beaver Falls, in the county of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Carpet or Oil-Cloth Protector, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to protectors for oilto provide a protector formed of wire and adapted to be laid upon a carpet or oil-cloth, said protector being so constructed as to take the wear, and yet be so open as to exhibit the design of the oil-cloth or carpet and not to be conspicuous.`

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the claims. Referring to thedrawings, Figure lisa plan" of our invention. Fig. 2 is a detail of one of the strands. Fig. 3 is an edge view of a portion of the protector.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in allthe gures of the drawings.

In practicing our invention we form a protector of a series of wire strands, each strand being formed of one or more wires coiled as shown.

l designates opposite parallel coiled wire strands, of which there are two, the same being of any length desired and forming theopposite edges ofthe protector.

A series of diagonally and opposite] y disposed strands 2 and 3 are interwound or loosely connected with each other at their points of crossing, as at 4. The strands 2 are interwound or loosely connected with the edgestrands l, said points of connection being indicated .by 5, while the strands 3 terminate adjacent to the edge strands. By this means the structure is adapted for ready folding.

The protector may be any length and width desired, and the wires, thoughl single and of a iine gage, are sufficiently strong when coiled to support the weight of. a person.

The flexibility of the structure as a whole adapts it to be readily rolled like a carpet or matting and set aside or stored, and when in use is simply laid upon a carpet 4E, as indi-v cated in Fig.. 3, and supports the weight of the person above and out of contact with the same.

Having described our invention, what We claim isl. The herein-described Iprotector' for 4oilcloths, carpets, andthe like, the same being composed of a pair of opposite parallel single coiled-wire strands l and a series of diagonally and oppositely. disposed transverse strands 2 and 3,said strands engaging each otherat their points of crossing and the strands 2 at their ends engaging the opposite parallel strands, substantially as specified.

2. The herein-described protector for carpets, oil-cloths, and the like, the same being composed of a pair of opposite parallel single coiled wire strands l and a series of diagonally and oppositely disposed transverse strands V2 and 3, said strands engaging each other at their poin-ts of crossing, the strands 2 at their ends engagingV the opposite edge strands and the strands 3 terminating short of the edge strands, substantially as specified.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto affixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

PETER J. snEUM. JOHN T. HowAETH.

Witnesses:

A. Z. BARNES, J os. C. ROUZEE. 

